July is finally here, proving that the world of Apple can in fact keep turning while Steve Jobs is away....
How many new iPhones did AT&T sell?
AT&T’s (T) widely leaked “best-ever sales day” memo ticking off the records set on June 19, 2009 — the day it began selling the iPhone 3GS — is packed with superlatives but notably lacking in numbers. (See memo below.)
Unlike Apple (AAPL), which reports on a quarterly basis how many iPhones it has shipped, AT&T keeps...
iPhone is humongous for AT&T
Mac Daily News and other sources are reporting today on a leaked AT&T memo that states that the company retail stores had their best day ever with the launch of the iPhone 3GS."iLaunch day 2009 was one for...
Nielsen: Apple is tops for hardware buzz
Here’s an interesting measure of how effectively Apple (AAPL) can whip the tech world into a frenzy — even without Steve Jobs there to stir things up.
According to a report issued Monday by Nielsen Online, “anticipatory buzz” in May drew more than 55.7 million unique visitors to Apple’s website — more than double that of...
Apple runs short of iPhones
The iPhone availability widget is back — new and improved — and it’s showing spot shortages of selected iPhones at Apple (AAPL) stores across the United States.
The availability tool, which appears on Apple’s website in times of scarcity, was last seen in the summer of 2008, when demand for the iPhone 3G was heavy and supplies...
Analyst: Palm has sold 150,000 Pres
With Palm’s (PALM) quarterly earnings due Thursday — along with Jon Rubinstein’s debut performance as CEO — analysts have started to place their bets on what the quarter will show.
First out of the box — or at least, first in our inbox — is RBC Capital’s Mike Abramsky, who expects investors to look past soft...
Analyst: Old iPhone, not new, will drive Apple’s sales
Those 1 million iPhone GSs sold last weekend represent a “remarkable achievement,” writes RBC Capital’s Mike Abramsky in a note to clients issued early Tuesday, especially considering the new iPhone’s relatively narrow international distribution (8 countries vs. 21 last year).
But according to Abramsky, it’s the old iPhone 3G — newly priced at $99 — not...
CNBC: Steve Jobs is back at Apple – Update
He’s back.
According to CNBC’s Jim Goldman, at least two Apple (AAPL) employees have told him they saw Steve Jobs at the company’s Cupertino, Calif., campus on Monday.
Jobs took a medical leave in January to deal with what he initially described as a hormonal imbalance, but which was apparently serious enough to require a liver transplant.
For nearly six...
